Oeuvres de Rabelais . . . Illustrations de A. Robida. 2 vols., slipcase.
Publisher Information: Paris: Librairie Illustrée.
Rabelais, François (between 1483-94 – 1553). Oeuvres de Rabelais. 2 vols. [4], viii, 494, [2]; [4], 484pp. 42 plates, some in color; text illustrations, by Albert Robida (1848-1926). Paris: Librairie Illustrée, [1885-86]. 313 x 227 mm. Original publisher’s binding of red cloth elaborately stamped in blue, black and gilt, signed “Engel rel.” in the binding; slipcase. Slight edgewear, hinges a trifle weak, traces of bookplate removal on front endpapers of both volumes, but a fine example with the covers clean and bright.
First Robida Edition. Robida, an illustrator and caricaturist, provided the artwork for this famous edition of the works of Rabelais, including the design for the striking publisher’s binding.
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